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BW: ...Two Companies, Two Cinderella Stories Begin at LinuxWorld...

"Turns out the suits were about to form a company called Linux
Global Partners. Their idea was to create a VC firm specializing in
Linux-only companies. But up to that point, they were, to put it
bluntly, unconvinced. Linux Global Partners wasn't going to try to
get off the ground until the company was convinced Linux really was
the Next Big Thing. Enter stage right, Miguel de Icaza and Nat
Friedman, the founders of Helix Code, who chatted up the VC guys
with more than their fair share of savoir faire. They knocked the
suits' socks off, and probably their shoes and ties, too. But
here's where the story gets really good."

"We started to talk to them about how great Linux was, the
potential it had, and the whole time we kept encouraging them to go
forward with their plan to start Linux Global Partners," says Joe
Orlando, Communications Director, Helix Code. "During LinuxWorld
Conference & Expo they realized Linux was the future, and they
became very interested in what Helix Code had to offer. Four months
after San Jose, we signed a deal. They gave us $2.2 million," says
Orlando. "Suddenly we could move forward with the projects we had
been working on, but couldn't release without money. We became a
real company then."

"Helix Code isn't the only Cinderella in this story. "Linux
Global Partners would not have existed at all without Helix Code,
either," says Orlando. "We kept them in the game. Thanks to
LinuxWorld Conference & Expo, both our companies are thriving,
and Helix Code is now the jewel in the Linux Global Partners
crown."